Improvement in rotary harrows



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S. S. HOGLE.

Revolving Harrow.

No. 30,554. Patented Oct. 30, 1860;

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Revolving Harrow.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY S. HOGLE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROTARY HARROWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,554., dated October 30, 1860.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIDNEY S. HOGLE, of Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Rotating Harrows; and 1. do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of one form of my improved harrow. Fig.3 is a top view, Fig. 4, front view, and Fig. 5 a side view, of a modified form of my said improved harrow. Fig. 6 is a view of the pivotpin of the last-mentioned harrow detached.

The principle involved in depressing one side of a harrow-toothed wheel or frame for the purpose of causing the dragging-forward movement which may be imparted thereto to produce a positive rotary movement of the same without the aid of gearing-wheels is secured to me by the reissue of my patent of March 17, 1857. Therefore the invention which I now propose to secure by LettersPatcut is the principle involved in combining two or more barrow-toothed wheels (or rotary toothed frames) with a draft-frame or a draft-beam, by which I am enabled to give the desired degree of inclination to the said harrow-toothed wheels or frames by means of inclined pivot-pins descending from the said draft-frame, or by means of obliquely-set boxes in the eyes of the said toothed wheels or toothed frames, or by means of a doubly-inclined pivot-pin, whose form is such as to adapt it to the reception of two toothed wheels or frames.

In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 represent a series of toothed frames, d d, as combined with atriangular frame composed of the two parts E E'audF F G, which are jointed to each other in such a manner that they can readily be detached from each other whenever it may be desired to use the forward portion of said frame for cultivating purposes. The said toothed frames cl cl revolve upon inclined pivot-pins that descend from the draftframe, which pins give the proper degree of inclination to the said toothed frames. Horizontal holes may be formed in each arm of each toothed frame d for the purpose of receiv ing the shank of a cultivator-tooth, z, and carrying the same, as shown in the drawings, which teeth may at any time be substituted for the pointed barrow-teeth, that are represented as occupying operative positions in the said toothed frames.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 of the accompanying drawings represent two toothed frames, 1) and E, of different sizes, as being placed the one belowtheotherupon a bentpivot-pin, g, which has twojourn als, that are separated from each other by means of a flange, h, which is situated at the angle in said pin, as shown in Fig 6. The central angle of the pivot-pin g is suflicientin degree to incline both the toothed frames D and E in opposite positions to each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and to such a degree as to cause the forward movement of the draft-beam A to impart positiveand continuous rotary motions to the said toothed frames and in opposite directions, therebycausing the laterallydrawing tendency of one of the said toothed -frames to neutralize that of the other, and

consequently enabling this arrangement of a rotary barrow to be safely used as a cultivator between rows of corn or other crops.

The pivot-pin 9 may be combined with the draft-beam A by means of a screw shank and nut, or by any other suitable means. The radial arms of the toothed frames D and E may be armed either with pointed barrow-teeth or with cultivator-teeth of any desired shape.

The handles 0 C, which are combined with the draft-beam A of my improved harrow, enable the same to be accurately guided when the said implement is used as a cultivator. The handles G O, which are combined with the portion E E of the triangular frame E E and F F G, Figs. 1 and 2, also serve the purpose of guiding said frame when it is used as a cultivator.

The box B, which is combined with the beam A, is intended to receive any additional weight that may at any time be required upon the harrow or cultivator.

VVhatIclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Combining two or more harrow toothed wheels or'frames with a draft-frame or with a draft-beam in such a manner as to cause the forward movement of said draft frame or beam to impart positive rotary movements to the said. barrow-toothed wheels or frames, substantially as herein set forth.

SIDNEY S. HOGLE.

Witnesses:

R. E. RooKwELL, OHAs. D. EVERETT. 

